The world is in love withJapan,TohoTombo producer Georgina Pope told the seminar in her opening keynote speech.
There is a massive global interest in everything Japanese: art, fashion, youth culture, food.
And IP such as Anime, Manga, and film.
Tokyo Film Festival.
One of the main issues, Pope said, is the countrys lack of an official shooting permit system.
Most directors want to shoot in Shibuya and Shinjuku.
There isnt a proper location permit system in place.
Its all run and gun.
And fingers crossed you dont get shut down or asked to move on.
Its also very risky, especially for a large crew.
A centralized system would really help the industry in the long term.
I was taken down the police station and given a good talking to, and thats happened several times.
Eligible productions include large-scale overseas TV and film projects shot on location in Japan.
A lottery system does not work.
A shared purse does not work.
It was a great scout.
We saw some absolutely stunning locations all over Honshu.
A 30% rebate.
For their project, that meant 4.4 million dollars alone, she said.
Everyone looked at me with sympathy.
At the time in Japan, we had no incentive in place at all.
I could not respond with a concrete answer.
All I could hear was the sound of a 35 million dollar project flying out the window.
Sadly, its not an isolated incident, Pope said.
The Tokyo Film Festivals industry program runs until October 27.
The festival runs until November 1.
The closing film is TohosGodzilla Minus One.
